ZHOU Feng-xi, YAO Tao-qi, LIU Hong-bo. Energy characteristics of Rayleigh waves propagation in unsaturated soils[J]. 2023, 44(S1): 612-622.
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ZHOU Feng-xi, YAO Tao-qi, LIU Hong-bo. Energy characteristics of Rayleigh waves propagation in unsaturated soils[J]. 2023, 44(S1): 612-622.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2022.0659.
Energy characteristics of Rayleigh waves propagation in unsaturated soils
Based on the theory of porous medium and continuum mechanics
the dispersion equation of Rayleigh waves in unsaturated soils are established using the mass balance equations
the momentum balance equations and the effective stress principle. The influence of the saturation on wave velocity
displacement response and energy flow distribution are studied by numerical examples. The results show that the characteristics of Rayleigh waves mainly reflects the characteristics of compressed P wave and shear wave
and its velocity
displacement and energy distribution are significantly affected by degree of saturation. The propagation velocity and attenuation of Rayleigh wave are dispersive
and the increase of the saturation in the unsaturated soil will cause a significant decrease of the displacement amplitude
as well as the shear wave component in the Rayleigh waves energy will increase with increasing the saturation.